Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
6 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Eligibility
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Eligibility
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Eligibility
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Eligibility
Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
- Qualifications
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Qualifications
MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Eligibility
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Qualifications
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Qualifications
Additional clinical qualifications.
Job overview
Consultant Psychiatrist – City South LMHT & EIP
Full-Time | Permanent | 10 PAs Golden Hello: 20% of the minimum point on the National Consultant (2003) contract
Are you ready to make a real difference in mental health care? Join #TeamNottsHC, one of the largest and most respected mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands, as a Consultant Psychiatrist within our City South Local Mental Health Team and Early Intervention in Psychosis Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead, innovate, and shape the future of mental health services. You’ll work at the heart of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, providing expert clinical leadership and delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to our community.
What We Offer
- Golden Hello payment to welcome you on board.
- Strong links to the North School of Psychiatry and East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery.
- Opportunities for professional development and service transformation.
- Access to staff networks promoting Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Health & Wellbeing, and sustainability initiatives.
Ready to take the next step? For informal discussions or visits, contact: Sophia Senthil, Deputy Clinical Director sophia.senthil@nottshc.nhs.uk
Please note the associated Golden Hello payment attached is only applicable to external substantive (permanent) applicants
Main duties of the job
Your Role
- Lead on patient assessment and management.
- Provide consultancy and clinical leadership to the team.
- Engage in GP liaison, MDT meetings, and medicolegal work (MHA/Sec 12).
- Participate in the day duty on-call rota.
- Drive service transformation and collaborative working across agencies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role in the LMHT will also include the assessment of new patients /and follow up patients referred to the service related to patients resident in the catchment area, GP liaison work, management of patients within the recovery model, Mental Health Act work (Section 12) when required, day on-call duty rota (this will be based on a pro rata and on average 3 to 4 times a month for emergency work only, will be factored in the sessions and will not increase work load), cover for colleagues when on leave and working within the multidisciplinary team supporting other members of the team.
The role in the Early intervention team involves assessment and follow up of patients with first episode psychosis and medical support and advice to the EIP team.
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This advert is for Consultant in GA Psychiatry - EIP & City South LMHT + Golden Hello with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Retford, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £109,725 - £145,478 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Sep 2026.
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